So sad Kobe Bryant died

[Tenasparkl]

I haven’t been able to shake this all day. I moved to LA in 96 and immediately got caught up in the magic that was the Lakers. It’s just so sad. Everywhere we went today in LA people were talking about him. The city really is in mourning.

[dogmom]

I’m very sad for all the victims, particularly such young ones. I am also slightly troubled by the glossing over of the rape accusations and hoping it doesn’t bring up too much trauma for that woman.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kobe-b...alf-confession

[jgenie]

I’m very sad for all the victims, particularly such young ones. I am also slightly troubled by the glossing over of the rape accusations and hoping it doesn’t bring up too much trauma for that woman.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kobe-b...alf-confession

I thought of this as well.


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[TwinFoxes]

I’m very sad for all the victims, particularly such young ones. I am also slightly troubled by the glossing over of the rape accusations and hoping it doesn’t bring up too much trauma for that woman.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kobe-b...alf-confession

Same. My friend's daughter who's been raped twice posted something to this on her FB page about this, and the comments from people who don't know her history were vile. I personally wouldn't have posted something on my wall, but I haven't been raped twice, so who am I to say?

That said, I'm sad for L.A., I know how much people loved him and the Lakers of that time. And his poor wife and daughters. ABC had an erroneous report that all four of his daughters were onboard, and when I heard that I just couldn't imagine how his wife would go on living.

[dogmom]

Same. My friend's daughter who's been raped twice posted something to this on her FB page about this, and the comments from people who don't know her history were vile. I personally wouldn't have posted something on my wall, but I haven't been raped twice, so who am I to say?

That said, I'm sad for L.A., I know how much people loved him and the Lakers of that time. And his poor wife and daughters. ABC had an erroneous report that all four of his daughters were onboard, and when I heard that I just couldn't imagine how his wife would go on living.

Yes. I think it’s just sad on so many fronts. Koby Bryant could have committed that crime and still din all the positive things he is crusted for and been a loving father. He could even have changed and never done something like that ever again. We get so hung up on punishing people and making them monsters it’s all either/or, they can’t be both. I went back and reviewed the case because I was doubted that the story I remembered was Koby Bryant. It’s sort of brutal to review the story from the point of public reaction. It’s not like I would go up to the family at the graveside and bring it up, but I don’t want to completely ignore it. And I can’t imagine what it’s like for the accuser to hear everyone talk about how wonderful he was.

On the weird side apparently at least one segment of the population in Britain gets confused about basketball. The BBC said at one point it was Lebron James. One tall black dude must look like all the other talk black dudes to them.

[TwinFoxes]

This obituary in Esquire really expresses a lot of what I'm feeling about Kobe's death. https://www.esquire.com/news-politic...CihlIkV8VJFsf8

[TwinFoxes]

On the weird side apparently at least one segment of the population in Britain gets confused about basketball. The BBC said at one point it was Lebron James. One tall black dude must look like all the other talk black dudes to them.

Oh my gosh!

[JBaxter]

One report said some of the families learned through TMZ that released the report before the families were notified

[wendibird22]

This obituary in Esquire really expresses a lot of what I'm feeling about Kobe's death. https://www.esquire.com/news-politic...CihlIkV8VJFsf8

A friend of mine wrote a similar type story for Essence, relating him to the flawed mythical Greek gods: https://www.essence.com/feature/kobe...FW0OS6wkM2PQ7o

[AnnieW625]

One report said some of the families learned through TMZ that released the report before the families were notified

They very easily could have. I heard the news at noon as I was driving my dh to urgent care on the country music station on Sirius of all places. It has made the news less than an hour earlier.

The baseball coach from Orange Coast College, his wife and daughter, another coach from Kobe’s sports academy, and another player and her mother also died.

Local reports are saying this AM that LA City police helicopters had been grounded due to fog, but Kobe’s chopper was given clearance after circling around Burbank. I live about an hour south of the crash site and clouds didn’t clear even in my area until around 2.

The LA Times has free coverage today and KEarth 101 devoted their morning show to Kobe as well.

So sad for everyone involved.


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